GO LEAFS GO!!!

So we made it to a hockey game!

Courtesy of an un-nameable source, we had excellent seats and watched the Toronto Maple Leafs kick the butts of the Detroit Red Wings 7-5 in a pre-season match at the Air Canada centre in Toronto's downtown.

The game is fast and exciting, with a lot of big hits up against the glass (perspex) walls, causing them to sway around and look like they may break at any second.

You can view the rest of our photos of the game here:

http://picasaweb.google.com/aimee.carbonell/Hockey

The game started out pretty badly for Toronto, with the wings scoring inside the first minute, but came back with in equalizer about 5 minutes later. The remaining 14 minutes of the first period went without any more goals, but lots of action, people getting sent off for 'sticking', 'slashing', 'hooking' and 'unsportsmanlike behavior'.

The second period was another 20 minutes of fast skating, 3 more goals for the wings and 4 for the leafs. At most times scores were levelled pretty quickly, with Toronto going into the break 1 up.

The third and final period had lots of action, as the clock counted down and teams got desperate to pull ahead. At one point with Toronto up 6-5, the detroit team decided to pull their goalie off and put a 6th attacker on, leaving their goal wide open. Toronto didn't take advantage of this but did put a nail in the coffin with 2 minutes to go, to make the scores 7-5.

A very enjoyable evening, and during the 20 minute breaks, a crew was using the crowd for filming scenes for a new Mike Myers movie, 'The Love Guru'. I'm not sure how hockey fits into that plot, but when it does come out keep an eye out in the scene "Game 5, Stanley Cup" and you might see me and Aimee standing in the front off to the left of the goal.